School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)

ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9924 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9924 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
82nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.05 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.82 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999–2024

00.250.50.7511999201120241999: 0.82 GPIA2000: 0.825 GPIA2001: 0.837 GPIA2002: 0.85 GPIA2003: 0.914 GPIA2004: 0.909 GPIA2005: 0.924 GPIA2006: 0.932 GPIA2007: 0.942 GPIA2008: 0.963 GPIA2009: 0.979 GPIA2010: 0.974 GPIA2011: 0.98 GPIA2012: 0.984 GPIA2013: 1 GPIA2014: 1 GPIA2015: 1 GPIA2016: 1 GPIA2017: 1 GPIA2018: 0.986 GPIA2019: 0.989 GPIA2020: 0.991 GPIA2021: 0.988 GPIA2022: 0.984 GPIA2023: 0.986 GPIA2024: 0.992 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) recorded 0.9924 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.82 GPIA, in 1999.

ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 82nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1999 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1999 0.82 GPIA
2000 0.8247 GPIA +0.6%
2001 0.8374 GPIA +1.5%
2002 0.8499 GPIA +1.5%
2003 0.9142 GPIA +7.6%
2004 0.9093 GPIA -0.5%
2005 0.9241 GPIA +1.6%
2006 0.9324 GPIA +0.9%
2007 0.9418 GPIA +1.0%
2008 0.9626 GPIA +2.2%
2009 0.9788 GPIA +1.7%
2010 0.9745 GPIA -0.4%
2011 0.9803 GPIA +0.6%
2012 0.9843 GPIA +0.4%
2013 1.03 GPIA +4.6%
2014 1.03 GPIA -0.4%
2015 1.03 GPIA +0.2%
2016 1.05 GPIA +1.9%
2017 1.04 GPIA -0.5%
2018 0.9861 GPIA -5.4%
2019 0.9888 GPIA +0.3%
2020 0.9911 GPIA +0.2%
2021 0.9876 GPIA -0.4%
2022 0.984 GPIA -0.4%
2023 0.9861 GPIA +0.2%
2024 0.9924 GPIA +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.82 GPIA 0.82 GPIA 0.82 GPIA 1
2000s 0.9075 GPIA 0.8247 GPIA 0.9788 GPIA 10
2010s 1.01 GPIA 0.9745 GPIA 1.05 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9882 GPIA 0.984 GPIA 0.9924 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)

  1. 79 United States of America 1 GPIA compare
  2. 80 Oman 1 GPIA compare
  3. 81 Palestine, State of 1 GPIA compare
  4. 82 Switzerland 1 GPIA compare
  5. 83 Denmark 1 GPIA compare
  6. 84 Ghana 0.9998 GPIA compare
  7. 85 Belarus 0.9997 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 421 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) was 0.9924 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.82 GPIA in 1999.
How does ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 82nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release